DEPUTY Inspector-General of Police Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the police are recommending that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang be charged under the Sedition Act over comments he made on the authority of the Pardons Board.

Ayob told a press conference today the suggestion would be put forward to the Attorney General’s Chambers once investigations were complete. 
 
“Our job as police is to complete the investigation and the investigation paper. 
 
“We will forward the investigation paper to the AGC with a suggestion to charge (Hadi) under Section 4 of the Sedition Act and Section 233 of the Communication and Multimedia Act,” he said. 
 
Ayob was responding to a question on whether Hadi would be charged over the speech. 
 
The PAS president had his statement recorded earlier this morning over comments he made about the authority of the Pardons Board. 
 
Ayob said Hadi only answered five out of 24 questions posed by investigators when they met at the PAS headquarters in Jalan Raja Laut, Kuala Lumpur. 
 
“He said he will answer the rest of the questions in court,” Ayob added. 
 
The Marang MP is alleged to have disputed the authority of the Pardons Board in a speech he gave in Bakri, Muar on August 26. 
 
Meanwhile, Hadi’s political secretary Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman said the recording of the statement took about an hour. 
 
“Tok Guru (Hadi) extended full cooperation to the investigating officer. He answered all the questions,” he told reporters who had gathered at the party headquarters from 9am. 
 
Mohd Syahir also said a lawyer was present when the statement was recorded. 
 
He said the PAS president would also extend full cooperation if it was necessary to record more statements. – September 4, 2023.